The 1.4-liter four-cylinder turbo in the Dodge Dart generates 160 hp, the same as a bigger, 2.0-liter engine without a turbo.
That means a lot more heavy-duty trucks, with 11-liter and 13-liter engines.
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After all, up until only recently the XF had come powered exclusively by a selection of throbbing V8 engines that still top out at a galloping 510 horsepower (a 3.0-liter 340-horsepower supercharged V6 replaced the naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 in the lineup).
The Si sedan receives a bigger engine for 2012, a 2.4-liter replacing the 2.0-liter.
The car has a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
Which is why the base Jaguar XF now comes powered by a seemingly modest 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.
It's a supercharged version of the rear-wheel-drive IS and will come with a 5.0-liter V-8 that delivers more than 400 horsepower.
The Vsport has a new 3.6-liter twin-turbo that puts out 420 horsepower.
The X5 xDrive35d features a 3.0-liter six-cylinder turbodiesel engine with 265 hp.
The Karma Sedan is a series Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered by a lithium-ion battery and an efficient 2.0-liter range-extending gasoline engine.
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Essentially leveraged as a form of high-tech turbocharging, here a small electric motor gives a modest fuel-free power boost to a direct-fuel-injected 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine.
This is the first year for the 6-series with the N55 engine, the twin-scroll turbo, 3.0-liter in-line six that so admirably muscles the 335i around.
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Coming in three trim levels, all models come powered by a peppy 180-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that drives the front wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission.
The coupe's powertrain is almost unchanged from the sedan: a 3.6-liter direct-injection V6 with scads of refined horsepower (304 hp) and torque spilled all over the tach.
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Like the standard G63 AMG it packs a wallop with its 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that in U.S. specs develops a frightening 544-horsepower and 560 pound-feet of torque.
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The massive, 6.2-liter V-12 is anchored right behind the cockpit.
For such a big vehicle, the Q7 feels light on its feet, and the 4.2-liter V-8 provides plenty of oomph, accelerating the beast to 60 miles an hour in seven seconds.
When powered by gasoline, the C-MAX Energi uses the all-new 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine - powerful and fuel efficient and among the most advanced non-turbocharged four-cylinder powertrains Ford has ever offered.
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When you press the GT-R's Start button, pumps and lubrication circuits come noisily to life, the forged crank twirls and the aluminum pistons of the 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 pick up the rhythm.
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While the base model comes with a 385-horsepower 5.0-liter V-8, the XJL Supercharged we tested included (as the name would imply) a heartier supercharged version that generates 470 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque.
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The Lexus' whirligig is familiar from the Toyota Camry and Avalon hybrids: a lean-burning Atkinson-cycle, 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder (156 hp) coupled with two electric motors, one a 141-hp traction motor, the other a starter-generator.
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The Jetta TDI has a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel engine that operates efficiently enough not to require the new urea-injection technology that many larger, heavier diesels do in order to comply with exhaust emissions standards.
The Arnage T has a huge 6.75-liter V-8 engine that puts out more torque than any other production sedan on the planet (enough to propel the 2.5-ton Bentley to a top speed of 168 mph).
That doesn't make it quite as "open-air" as a true convertible, but it does let you more easily hear the roar of that water-cooled, 320-horsepower, 3.6-liter six-cylinder and get a lot of oxygen into the cabin.
Third, the new U.S.-spec Passat can be had with a choice of three and only three engines, one of which, the base 2.5-liter in-line five-cylinder, is a hunk of lumber pulled from the ribs of an ancient Norse longboat.
The 2.0-liter direct-injection turbo four (240 horsepower, 251 pound-feet of torque) is certainly adequate to hustle the Evoque along the highway, but the character of the engine (a Ford EcoBoost in British drag) can get pretty thrashy and stressed when you hammer it.
The car itself is based primarily on the MINI Cooper S, with similar front and rear styling and the l.6-liter four-cylinder turbo engine that debuted in the 2011 MINI S. (The engine gets 181 hp and up to 192 lb-ft of torque, with a 0-to-60 mph sprint of 6.6 seconds.) Fuel economy ratings are 35 mpg on the highway and 27 mpg in the city under the manual transmission variant.
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